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Vocabulary

past year questions, CUET English 2025 3 June Shift 2

Idioms

past year questions, Vocabulary, CUET English 2025 3 June Shift 2

Medium

Choose the most appropriate word/phrase to fill in the blank in the following sentence:

A ______ means a foolish and futile act of finding something.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

Option 1 -> "googled" refers to searching for information online, not necessarily a foolish or futile act.

Option 2 -> "wild-goose chase" is an idiom that specifically means a foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable.

Option 3 -> "frantic search" implies urgency and desperation, but not necessarily foolishness or futility.

Option 4 -> "planned hunt" suggests an organized, deliberate effort, which contradicts the idea of foolishness.

Hence, Option 2: wild-goose chase -> This is an established English idiom that perfectly captures the meaning of a foolish and futile attempt to find or achieve something that is unlikely or impossible to obtain -> correct

Related questions:

2025: 20 May Shift 1

Fill in the blanks in the sentences given in List-I with appropriate expressions from List-II:

List-IList-II
(Sentences)(Expressions)
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(A) Akhira has a/an ______ so ask her to check the report.(I) foot the bill
(B) Although others were also responsible for the problem, Alice decided to ______(II) eye for detail
(C) Choose what you like from the menu - the company is going to ______(III) on her toes
(D) Having three kids under the age of five keeps Janki ______(IV) shoulder the blame

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2025: 29 May Shift 1

Fill in the blank with the correct idiom from the options given below:

Ravi is ______ on getting the much coveted job.

2025: 23 May Shift 2

Choose the correct option to complete the simile: As obstinate as a _________.

2026: 29 May Shift 2

Match the idioms given in List-I with their meanings given in List-II.

LIST-I (Idioms)LIST-II (Meanings)
A.Build castles in the airI.The art of speaking
B.To have the gift of the gabII.To keep starvation at bay
C.Keep the wolf from the doorIII.To make visionary schemes
D.Lead up the garden pathIV.To cheat

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

2023: 7 June Shift 2

Match List - I with List - II to make a meaningful sentence.

List - IList - II
(A) Some speakers merely(I) brought to book for his negligence
(B) The manager was(II) by dint of hard work
(C) Sheela achieved success(III) bear the brunt of inflation
(D) The poor have to(IV) beat the air in their speech while preaching

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

2023: 15 June Shift 3

From the given options, choose the one that rightly explains the following idiom :

to call a spade a spade

(A) to speak rudely

(B) to speak directly

(C) to speak diplomatically

(D) to speak frankly

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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